Example sentences of "stayed in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Baxter stayed in the pulpit , and when he could be heard , he calmed the crowd and continued preaching . |
| 2 | With that in mind , her best suit stayed in the wardrobe , and she opted to cover her long shapely legs in a smart pair of trousers , added a pair of walking shoes , and topped it with a shirt and sweater . |
| 3 | It bored Philip , so he usually stayed in the kitchen or went up to his room . |
| 4 | Larry stayed in the kitchen for a while and then followed her . |
| 5 | Detective Constable Peter Phillips said one of the men went round the house with the woman , checking points , while the other stayed in the kitchen . |
| 6 | She stayed in the kitchen for the rest of the day , and Joe and Orlick shared a glass of beer peacefully together in the forge . |
| 7 | This time I left them alone , and stayed in the kitchen with little Hareton , but when I came to warn them that Hindley had returned , I realized that their quarrel had only brought them closer together . |
| 8 | Mr McTear 's wife , Margaret , 47 , and his daughter Sandra , 26 , stayed in the kitchen while his tale unfolded over four hours in total . |
| 9 | This ‘ Annunciation ’ stayed in the church until 1944 , when it was sent to a restoration workshop in the Bohemian forest . |
| 10 | He stayed in the theatre , went on to television and the movies and became James Bond . |
| 11 | In the 18th century Welsh and Irish painters and poets of note on their way to London stayed in the Port of Bristol . |
| 12 | Whilst in Wroxeter , Richard stayed in the home of Sir Richard ( later Lord ) Newport , and attended school with his sons . |
| 13 | If the borrower could no longer afford to keep up the payments , the longer he stayed in the home the more the interest bill mounted . |
| 14 | One has only to read the letter of Robert Scott Macfie , a middle-aged company chairman with degrees from Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities , who stayed in the ranks as a senior NCO , when he wrote of an action on the Somme in 1916 : ‘ The want of preparation , the vague orders , the ignorance of the objective and geography , the absurd haste and in general , the horrid bungling were scandalous . ’ |
| 15 | I stayed in the Abacos just over two weeks , waiting for the return of his spirit , to reassure me , give me some indication of the future . |
| 16 | We stayed in the Flower Wing , our room luxuriously furnished with soft floral prints . |
| 17 | Como soon discovered that it was in the nature of winners to enjoy their winnings , as Barbarossa stayed in the north in an attempt to subjugate all the city states . |
| 18 | Walter stayed in the North , felt at home there , so his books are authentic — the real McCoy . |
| 19 | In the Silk Cup trophy class which had 36 starters the winner was William Funnell of Great Britain with Comex and Gerry Mullins from Ireland stayed in the Ribbons taking fourth for Ireland with Pallas Green . |
| 20 | And that cloud brought a little drizzle , mostly on the east coast , the only sunshine this morning stayed in the west . |
| 21 | The helicopter and a standby vessel spotted a flare set off by the crew and stayed in the vicinity until the men were winched to safety by an RAF helicopter . |
| 22 | But after watching Brazil for a total of three hours , few gems of individualism stayed in the memory . |
| 23 | The race went on , and the other two Mercedes cars stayed in the race . |
| 24 | All stayed in the park except Number 10 , an adult cow . |
| 25 | Crawford , who stayed in the play for more than a year before handing over to David Jason , said during its run , ‘ All your career as an actor you dream of having the things written up outside the theatre which are there about me — but now that they 're there it 's in a way the worst thing that could happen to me . |
| 26 | In 548 they stayed in the Balkans for a whole year and destroyed many towns and fortresses , including the Byzantine centre of Lychnidus ( Ohrid ) . |
| 27 | She stayed in the shower as long as she dared , knowing she must get out soon but wanting to postpone the inevitable . |
| 28 | He stayed in the South China Sea four years and was Governor of the Bahamas and Hong Kong , all safe sanctuaries , until in 1883 , following investigation of his activities as Governor of Mauritius , he was ordered home . |
| 29 | Edward stayed in the Engineers for a bit , then came out and was not very successful in finding a job to suit him . |
| 30 | The lead stayed in the soil . |